Bobby Rush
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rushis the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district, serving in Congress for more than two decades; he was first elected in 1992 and took office in 1993. He has since won consecutive re-election. The district was located principally on the South Side of Chicago, with a population from 2003 to early 2013 that was 65% African-American, a higher proportion than any other congressional district in the nation. In 2011 the Republican-dominated legislature redistricted this area following the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 November 1946
CityAlbany, GA
CountryUnited States of America
How ridiculous, how asinine, how insane can one be?!
I want to cross over, not cross out.
There are communities that are moving forward now because (the Community Reinvestment Act) ... was the economic engine.